page_title: Eddy Zheng
hierarchical_section_title: Eddy Zheng
caption_attribution_description: English: Eddy Zheng at Eastwind Books in Berkeley during a book reading of his anthology publication "Other."
context_page_description: Xiaofei "Eddy" Zheng is a Chinese American youth counselor in Oakland, California. His decades-long series of attempts to secure release from prison for crimes he committed at the age of 16 and to fight deportation from the US made his case a cause célèbre in the Asian American community. Following his release, he joined the Community Youth Center of San Francisco, where he seeks to steer at-risk immigrant youth away from crime, and also works with the Asian Prisoner Support Committee to assist released prisoners to reintegrate into society.
context_section_description: Xiaofei "Eddy" Zheng (鄭小飛; born 1970) is a Chinese American youth counselor in Oakland, California. His decades-long series of attempts to secure release from prison for crimes he committed at the age of 16 and to fight deportation from the US made his case a cause célèbre in the Asian American community. Following his release, he joined the Community Youth Center of San Francisco, where he seeks to steer at-risk immigrant youth away from crime, and also works with the Asian Prisoner Support Committee to assist released prisoners to reintegrate into society.
caption: Zheng at a book reading in 2007
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